Chapter 30: Assassination
Who?
Li Xian?
When today's son Li Ji is the eighth son under his knees, known as Li Xian?
With all the shock in his heart, Xie An looked at Li Xian, the eighth prince standing in front of him, in astonishment.
I saw that this Li Xian was white and clean, handsome in appearance, wearing a dark green sè Confucian shirt and brocade robe, embroidered with brocade flowers and birds, holding a paper fan and opening it slightly by two inches, an indescribable elegant scholarly aura was born, with a little smile on his face, which really made people feel like a chūn wind, and people couldn't help but want to get close to him. What an affinity......
Although Xie An had heard something about Li Xian a long time ago, when he saw it with his own eyes, he was still surprised, and he finally understood why the crown prince Li Wei was so jealous of His Royal Highness the Eighth Prince......
This Li Xian is a natural superior, and he has an innate potential as a leader.
Damn, do you want to be so handsome?
Although Xie An never made too many evaluations of his appearance, when he stood in front of Li Xian, he subconsciously thought about it, and the result of the calculation made Xie An feel not very pleasant.
"Sister Xiangyu, I haven't seen you for a long time......" While Xie An was secretly looking at Li Xian, Li Xian was looking up and down at the eldest grandson Xiangyu, greeting him gently.
Sister Xiangyu?
Xie An looked at the eldest grandson Xiangyu in surprise, but saw her giggle and said lightly, "Oh, when will His Royal Highness Li Xian return to Jijing?" Why didn't you die in Jiangnan! Hey, it's a pity! β
"Hehehe," Li Xian shook his head with a wry smile, and then said, "Xiao Wang this time, but he rushed back to Jijing at night......
"Ahh The eldest grandson, Xiangyu, said perfunctorily with interest.
Seeing this, Li Xian's wry smile on his face became even stronger, and after thinking about it for a while. said, "Xiao Wang Fang just went to the house of Uncle Changsun, and his uncle was not there, but he saw his aunt...... According to the aunt, Sister Xiangyu is unwell and is sick in bed...... "Speaking of which." He glanced at Xie An beside the eldest grandson Xiangyu, and the movement of her holding Xie An's arm with both hands, and suddenly asked with a smile, "Whose son is this?" I haven't seen her for four or five years, but Sister Xiangyu still hasn't changed at all! β
As if he understood the deep meaning of Li Xian's words, the eldest grandson Xiangyu smiled meaningfully, then grabbed Xie An's arm, winked and chuckled, and said, "Oh." By the way, the little woman has not yet introduced to His Royal Highness, this ...... It is the husband of the slave family! β
Li Xian's eyes changed slightly, and at this time, Ji Hong, who was beside him, whispered a few words to him, which made the surprise in Li Xian's eyes even thicker.
At the same time, Xie An, who got the expression of the eldest grandson Xiangyu's eyes, arched his hand and said, "Under Xie An." I've seen His Royal Highness the Eight! β
glanced at the eldest Sun Xiangyu, and then at Xie An. Li Xian frowned slightly, and suddenly saluted gently and elegantly and said, "It turned out to be the new Shaoqing of the Great Prison Temple, Lord Xie Anxie, Xiao Wang is so polite!" β
"Uh, this ......" For some reason, Xie An was a little at a loss. After a slight pause, he also clasped his fists and saluted back, "The prince is too polite, and the officials dare not be ashamed!" β
Li Xian smiled faintly. Suddenly, he glanced at the eldest grandson Xiangyu, and said softly, "Lord Xie, Xiao Wang has something to say to Sister Xiangyu, can you please ask Lord Xie to stay away for a while?" β
"Huh? Oh......" Xie An was about to nod, but suddenly his waist hurt, and he was twisted hard by the eldest grandson Xiangyu, and suddenly, Xie An suddenly realized, shook his head and said with a smile, "This...... I'm afraid it's not suitable, I hope His Royal Highness will forgive me! β
As soon as the words fell, several guards behind Li Xian were furious and stepped forward, one of them grabbed Xie An's shirt and scolded angrily, "Your Highness told you to leave, you can leave, with such nonsense?!" β
At this moment, a hand reached out from the side, grabbed the guard's arm, and then shook it vigorously, but when the guard screamed, the arm was crushed alive.
Fei Guo?
Xie An looked at Fei Guo who appeared beside him in astonishment.
"What are you doing?!" Seeing this, more than a dozen of Li Xian's guards were furious and pulled out their weapons one after another.
Seeing this, Fei Guo sneered, without saying a word, and slowly pulled out the sword on his waist.
At the same time, Ji Hong, who was beside Li Xian, also subconsciously pressed the slender sword at his waist and stared at Fei Guo like a great enemy.
Who is this guard, who makes Mr. Ji care so much?
Li Xian was stunned in his heart, and looked at Ji Hong beside him in amazement, he knew very well the skills of his personal guard, as one of the six generals of the Taiping Army, Ji Hong, even if he was one enemy and one hundred, it was not a problem, but in this period, he was so jealous of the guard of the little Shaoqing of the Great Prison Temple.
And at this moment, Li Xian suddenly heard the cold words of the eldest grandson Xiangyu.
"Coward, what do you want to do? Don't mess with him, let alone the slaves, or ...... You know! β
Under Xie An's puzzled gaze, a hint of strangeness flashed in Li Xian's eyes when he heard this, and after taking a deep look at the eldest grandson Xiangyu and Xie An, he suddenly smiled and said, "Zhang He, are you crazy?" Dare to be so presumptuous in front of Sister Xiangyu? All retreat? β
Hearing this, the guard who had broken his hand bone by Fei Guo stood up in pain and returned to Li Xian with his head down, while at the same time, the rest of the guards also put away their weapons and looked at Xie An and Fei Guo coldly.
"You put it away too, Fei Guo!" The eldest grandson Xiangyu said lightly.
"Yes, ma'am!"
You must know that on the roof of the Xizhimen City Tower before, Fei Guo can be said to have witnessed the incident between Xie An and the eldest grandson Xiangyu, although he didn't dare to look at it, but the movement could not hide from him, at this time, he heard the order of the eldest grandson Xiangyu, immediately put away the weapons in his hands and walked back behind the two.
"Ma'am?" Li Xian's eyes showed a little consternation.
He originally thought that the eldest grandson Xiangyu was just playing with Xie An like he was playing with those sons, but gradually, he felt that something was wrong.
"Sister Xiangyu, you ...... Are you really going to marry him? Marry this Lord Xie? β
The eldest grandson Xiangyu chuckled, glanced at Xie An, and said with a bit of teasing, "Even if the slave family wants to repent, I'm afraid it's too late, right?" Xie Shaoqing? β
Recalling the amazing thing he had done with his eldest grandson Xiangyu on the roof of Xizhimen City, Xie An was a little embarrassed when he thought about it, and was about to speak, when he suddenly felt a slight tingling pain in his back. Immediately afterward, a paralyzing sensation quickly spread throughout his body.
"Ann?" Probably sensing that something was wrong with Xie An, the eldest grandson Xiangyu hurriedly supported him and asked in surprise, "What's wrong, An?" What happened to you? β
"Ah...... Ah......" under the puzzled gaze of everyone. Xie An raised his right hand with difficulty, and suddenly, his right hand hung down heavily, and the whole person collapsed to the ground.
"My lord? My lord? Fei Guo was shocked, squatted down and reached out to pat Xie An's cheek, he found that Xie An was breathing normally, but for some reason, he collapsed to the ground. Unable to move.
"Li Xian?!" The eldest grandson, Xiangyu, looked at Li Xian angrily.
At this moment, Li Xian also looked inexplicable, glanced at Ji Hong beside him, and shook his head again and again.
Looking at the angry gaze of the eldest grandson Xiangyu, Ji Hong hurriedly said, "Miss eldest grandson, don't be annoyed, it's definitely not our doing......
"If it's not you, who could it be?" The eldest grandson Xiangyu gritted his teeth and scolded.
And at this very moment. She suddenly smelled a faint aroma, a strange aroma. made her feel messy all over, and her legs involuntarily weakened, and she fell on Xie An's body and passed out.
"Ma'am?" Fei Guo's face changed, and he was shocked in his heart, and he subconsciously pulled out the saber at his waist and looked around.
"Sister Xiang?" Seeing the eldest grandson, Xiangyu fell to the ground inexplicably. Li Xian's face changed greatly, and he was about to step forward, but he was pulled by Ji Hong.
At this time, the strange aroma also spread, and the surrounding passers-by smelled this fragrance. They fell to the ground one after another, unconscious.
I only heard a golden bell ringing, a few zhang away in front of Li Xian, suddenly a cloud of smoke appeared out of thin air, and after the smoke dispersed, an assassin wrapped in a black sΓ¨ suit seemed to jump down from a height, kneeling on one leg, supporting the ground with his left hand, and lying on the snow steadily, staring at Li Xian a few zhang away with cold eyes, and said coldly, "Li Xian? β
At this time, Li Xian's heart was full of falling to the ground, and Sun Xiangyu nodded subconsciously when he heard the words, and said, "It's Xiao Wang, what do you have to teach you?" β
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw that the assassin's eyes were cold, and he said coldly, "Death!" β
Seeing that this person was dressed as an assassin, Ji Hong didn't understand, and pulled Li Xian, who couldn't react, behind him, and shouted, "Protect Your Highness!" β
When more than a dozen guards behind Li Xian heard this, they immediately drew their swords from their waists and killed the assassin, leaving only Ji Hong to protect Li Xian in case there were other assassins.
Suddenly, as if sensing something, one of the guards stopped, and touched his neck in confusion.
At this moment, I saw the assassin's right finger hook, and suddenly, a bloody head flew into the air, and fell on the snow with a thud, and the warm blood immediately stained the white snow.
The rest of the guards were shocked when they saw this, and they were furious and killed the assassin, but they saw that the assassin was like a night butterfly dancing in the dark night, wandering through the flowers without sticking to a leaf, and his agility made Ji Hong unbelievable.
Suddenly, all the guards stopped moving, as if sensing something, they bowed their heads slightly in shock, and reached out to touch their necks......
Vaguely, Ji Hong noticed that the necks of the guards seemed to be wrapped around something resembling iron wire, and the other end of those wires was in the assassin's hands......
"Whew!"
Under the horrified gaze of Li Xian and Ji Hong, the assassin pulled his hands, and suddenly, more than ten heads flew into the air, and the guards who were still alive now turned into more than ten headless corpses, falling to the ground, and warm blood flowed everywhere.
"This is ......" Ji Hong's eyes widened, looking at the assassin in disbelief, watching him slowly stand up, flicking the countless slender wires wrapped around his hand, the slender wires that were rolling with a trace of blood.
Suddenly, the assassin raised his hand, Ji Hong secretly screamed that it was not good, and pushed Li Xian away beside him, only to hear a snort, and his shoulder was cut with a bloody mark by the wire that was difficult to see with the naked eye.
Damn, who the hell is this?
Ji Hong, who was shocked and angry in his heart, in order to protect Li Xian, could only fight the assassin in close quarters, he thought that as long as he approached the assassin, the assassin would no longer be able to perform that kind of terrifying killing technique, but to his surprise, the other party had a very deep background on the countless wires as thin as cicada silk, so that no matter how Ji Hong persecuted, the other party was still an orderly sè, slowly fighting with him, and there was no sign of missing.
It's just a few breaths. The brocade robe on Ji Hong's body had been cut to pieces by countless wires, and even he couldn't imagine that he, one of the six gods of the Taiping Army, would be so embarrassed one day.
Suddenly, Ji Hong heard a slight sound of the wind, and his heart was stunned. He was horrified to find that his whole body had been enveloped by countless slender wires.
Rotten...... Oops!
Seeing that the assassin was about to make a gesture of pulling his hands, Ji Hong was shocked.
And at this moment, I only heard a snort, and a gust of wind blew in front of Ji Hong, but listening to the crisp sound of the bell, the countless wires were actually cut.
"......" Rao is assassin was also taken aback, and kicked Ji Hong away. The whole person retreated a few feet, stood up, and looked coldly at the uninvited guest who broke into his fight in the distance.
At the same time, Ji Hong, who had escaped by chance, also stood up when he struggled, and looked at the general in the distance who was sitting across the red rabbit and wearing red sè armor in surprise and joy, with a little surprise and admiration in his eyes, and muttered, "Yanhu Ji ......"
In Li Xian and Ji Hong, they were secretly relieved. Liang Qiu Wu sat on the red rabbit horse and slowly stepped forward, staring at the assassin wrapped in black cloth. He said in a cold voice, "Your Excellency, what a boldness! β
"......" The assassin glanced at the severed wire in his hand, took a projectile from his bosom with his right hand, and threw it on the ground, only to hear a thud. The projectile exploded into a cloud of smoke, and when the smoke cleared, the Assassin had vanished without a trace.
Liang Qiuwu frowned slightly, thoughtful.
Suddenly, she noticed Xie An who fell to the ground and her eldest grandson Xiangyu who was lying on Xie An's body. Frightened, he hurriedly turned over and dismounted, walked to Xie An and the two in a few steps, and squatted down to investigate the situation of the two.
Seeing this, Fei Guo, who was guarding Xie An and the others, hurriedly said, "Madame, don't worry, the adults and the second lady are just in a coma, and there is nothing serious......
Liang Qiu Wu breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and then stood up and looked at the many people who were fascinated around him.
At this time, a large number of soldiers of the Eastern Army rode war horses from all directions, seeing this, Liang Qiuwu ordered them to take water to wake up the unconscious people nearby, and then squatted down, helped Xie An and Changsun Xiangyu up, and gently patted their cheeks, trying to revive them.
Glancing at the soldiers of the Eastern Army around him, Li Xian, who was undecided, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, helped Ji Hong, slowly walked behind Liang Qiu Wu, and arched his hand and said, "Thank you General Wu for saving your life!" β
"No need!" At this moment, Liang Qiuwu's mind was all on the unconscious Xie An, how could she have the time to pay attention to the people who were rescued by her, but when she glanced back at Li Xian, her face showed a little surprise, and she said in surprise, "Eighth Highness? Isn't His Royal Highness the Eighth in Jiangnan? When will you return to Jijing? As she spoke, she frowned and asked tentatively, "The assassin of Fang Cai, could it be that he is coming for His Highness the Eight?" β
Li Xian smiled bitterly, and when he spoke, Ji Hong beside him bowed, took over the conversation and said, "Most likely, there is a big man in the palace who learned that His Royal Highness of my family had returned to Beijing, and he was frightened, so he made this decision...... Thank you, General Mai, for your help! β
Seeing Liang Qiuwu's puzzled face, Li Xian hurriedly explained, "General Wu, this is Xiao Wang's confidant, Ji Hong, Mr. Ji!" β
Liang Qiuwu nodded, glanced at Li Xian and Ji Hong, frowned and said, "I just heard an exclamation here, so I rushed here...... Eighth Highness, this is a place of right and wrong, His Highness is not easy to stay for a long time, His Majesty is currently enjoying the lanterns with hundreds of officials in the Zhengyangmen City Tower, I think it is better for His Highness to go there! β
"This ......" Li Xian glanced at the eldest grandson Xiangyu who was unconscious in Liang Qiuwu's arms, and his expression was a little hesitant.
Obviously, Liang Qiu Wu didn't care what Li Xian's plans were, he held the eldest grandson Xiangyu with one hand, and instructed the soldiers of the Eastern Army on the left and right, "Come here, escort His Royal Highness to Zhengyang Gate to meet Your Majesty!" β
"Yes!" When the soldiers of the nearby Eastern Army heard this, they walked over, raised their hands and said to Li Xian, "Lord Wang, please!" β
Li Xian was about to speak, and Ji Hong, who was beside him, said in a low voice, "Your Highness, now is not the time to think about your children's affection, if General Wu hadn't arrived in time, you and I would have died here!" His Highness's whereabouts have been exposed, so it's better to go and see the current saint as soon as possible! β
Li Xiansi nodded, and with Ji Hong, he saluted Liangqiu Wu, and then went to Zhengyangmen under the escort of many soldiers of the Eastern Army.
Glancing at the backs of Li Xian and Ji Hong leaving, Liang Qiuwu shook his head slightly, and continued to guard Xie An and the eldest grandson Xiangyu.
I don't know how long it took, the eldest grandson Xiangyu was the first to wake up, and when he saw that he was in Liang Qiuwu's arms, his expression was very embarrassed, as if he had been caught cheating, and stood up in a little panic.
Suddenly, her brows furrowed, and her face showed a bit of pain.
Seeing this, Liang Qiuwu hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" Hurt? β
The eldest grandson Xiangyu shook his head red-faced, and said, "I'm just a little tired, can Sister Wu send some people to send her sister back to her house?" β
Liang Qiuwu nodded, and ordered the soldiers of the Eastern Army under his command to find a carriage and escort the eldest grandson Xiangyu back to his mansion.
"That'...... The slave family said goodbye first...... "Saying goodbye to Liang Qiuwu with a weak heart, the eldest grandson Xiangyu limped towards the carriage.
Looking at the strange walking posture, Liang Qiuwu was slightly stunned, and then glanced at Xie An, who was still in a coma, angrily.
As a person who has come before, how can she not understand what that means?
Suddenly, Liang Qiuwu's eyes showed a little strangeness, and he carefully helped Xie An up and pulled out a thin silver needle from his back.
"Blow arrows?" Frowning slightly, Liang Qiuwu summoned a few Eastern Army soldiers and asked, "Do the rest of the people who fell to the ground in a coma have such things on them?" β
The Eastern Sergeants glanced at each other, shook their heads, and said, "Never!" β
"That's weird......" twisting the slender silver needle in his hand, Liang Qiuwu's face showed a little puzzlement.
The target of that assassin is obviously the Eighth Highness Li Xian, why...... Why did you use a blow arrow to knock your husband Xie An unconscious?
"Fei Guo, you just said that An had signs of discomfort before the rest of the people inhaled that fragrance and fell unconscious, right?"
"Yes, ma'am!" Fei Guo nodded, clenched his fists and said, "At that time, the drug had not yet diffused, but the adults were already unconscious......
"......" looked at the silver needle in his hand, and Liang Qiu danced thoughtfully.
The figure of the assassin was familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere......
Where? (To be continued.) )